JICA Research Grant

List of JICA FRIENDSHIP Research Grant

FRIENDSHIP 2.0 Research Grant 3rd Batch (January 2024 - December 2026)

No.	IITH Faculty Name	Department	Japanese Partner Name	Organization	Affiliation	Joint Research Topic
1	Subrahmanyam Challapalli	Chemistry	Biju Vasudevan Pillai	Hokkaido University	Research Institute for Electronic Science	Coupling Metal Halide Perovskites and Quantum Dots for Synergistic PEC Water Splitting and Mechanistic Understanding
2	Bhattacharjee Pinaki Prasad	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Yoji Miyajima	Kanazawa University	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering	Recycled High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) for Bolstering Circular Economy
3	Purkayastha Archak	Physics	Hisao Hayakawa	Kyoto University	Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics	Engineering effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonians for quantum technology
4	S. K. Karthick	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Hideaki Ogawa	Kyushu University	Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics	Deep sub-cavities in compressible flow
5	Bhargava Anamika	Biotechnology	Maturana Andres Daniel	Nagoya University	Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Department of Applied Biosciences	Uncovering the functional roles and interplay of T-type calcium channels and estrogen receptors within various subtypes of breast cancers
6	Kumar Abhinav	Electrical Engineering	Rie Yamaguchi (Shigetomi)	The University of Tokyo	Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Social ICT Research Center	Machine Learning-based Integrated Sensing and Communication in 6G Networks. 6G
7	Jacob Alan Ranjit	Chemical Engineering	Takashi Kuroiwa	Tokyo City University	Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry	The role of viscoelasticity and structure in soft solids for designing novel food formulations with excellent processability and tunable digestibility
8	Jampana Phanindra Varma	Chemical Engineering	Kenichiro Nonaka	Tokyo City University	Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering	Sparse Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Self-driving Wheelchairs
9	Singh Shiv Govind	Electrical Engineering	Ryousuke Ishikawa	Tokyo City University	Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Communication Engineering	1. Development of Reproducible, Stable, Sensitive, Selective Low Temperature Chemi resistive Pollutions Monitoring Gas Sensors : Through Utilization of CVD Graphene and CVD Metal Oxide thin film, Schottky Interface and Machine Learning 2. CVD Graphene and ALD Metal Oxide thin film and Schottky Interface for Development of Reproducible, Stable, Sensitive, Selective Low Temperature Chemi resistive Pollutions Monitoring Gas Sensors

FRIENDSHIP 2.0 Research Grant 2nd Batch (January 2023 - June 2025)

No.	IITH Faculty Name	Department	Japanese Partner Name	Organization	Affiliation	Joint Research Topic
1	Kanagaraj Nithayanandan	Physics	Takashige Omatsu	Chiba University	Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Material Science	Design and DEvelopment of a multifuNctional all-fiber laser system for The “On-demand” generation of structured laser light (DENTO)
2	Ganapathy Nagarajan	Biomedical Engineering	Tomohiko Igasaki	Kumamoto University	Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology	SMART-BEING: Smart Multimodal Enabled Affective Computing to Promote Wellbeing
3	Murapaka Chandrasekhar	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Seiji Mitani	National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)	Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials	Development of novel spin Hall materials for spin-orbit torque based memory and logic devices
4	Panda Tarun Kanti	Chemistry	Hayato Tsurugi	Osaka University	Graduate School of Engineering Science	Production of Polycarbonates as an alternative to engineering plastic employing bio-based monomers towards a sustainable world
5	Mehta Gunjan Deepakkumar	Biotechnology	Akira Shinohara	Osaka University	Institute for Protein Research	Role of chromatin remodelers in meiotic recombination and transcriptional switch during yeast meiosis, with emphasis on genetic disorders, infertility, and cancers.
6	Prabhakaran Nair Kusumam Srijith	Computer Science and Engineering	Emtiyaz Khan	RIKEN	Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)	Advancing Machine Learning through Bayesian Causal Learning
7	Duraiswamy Suhanya	Chemical Engineering	Hemanth Noothalapati	Shimane University	Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Department of Life sciences	Label-free molecular spectroscopic studies for accurate and rapid detection of pathogens in urinary tract infection
8	Rajagopal Amirtham	Civil Engineering	Lalith Maddegedara	The University of Tokyo	Earthquake Research Institute	Sustainable and Resilient Strengthening Solutions for Unreinforced Masonry structures in Rural India
9	Pati Falguni	Biomedical Engineering	Hironori Hojo	The University of Tokyo	Graduate School of Medicine	A novel bioprinted vascularized bone-on-chip micro-physiological model

FRIENDSHIP 2.0 Research Grant 1st Batch (April 2022 - November 2022)

No.	IITH Faculty Name	Department	Japanese Partner Name	Organization	Affiliation	Joint Research Topic
1	Subrahmanyam Challapalli	Chemistry	Biju Vasudevan Pillai	Hokkaido University	Research Institute for Electronic Science	Plasmon enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting
2	Chatterjee Pritha	Civil Engineering/Adjunct faculty of Climate Change	Norihisa Matsuura	Kanazawa University	Faculty of Geosciences and Civil Engineering	Microalgae-microbial fuel cell (mMFC): an integrated process for removal of xenobiotics in sewage and simultaneous electricity generation
3	Bhattacharjee Pinaki Prasad	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Nobuhiro Tsuji	Kyoto University	Materials Science and Engineering	Development of novel cost-effective eutectic high entropy alloys with superior mechanical properties
4	Bhargava Anamika	Biotechnology	Maturana Andres Daniel	Nagoya University	Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences	Challenging the paradigm: activating T-type calcium channel isoform Cav3.1 for breast cancer therapeutics
5	Desarkar Maunendra Sankar	CSE	Akiko Aizawa	National Institute of Informatics	Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division	Generating natural language descriptions/summaries of data tables
6	Dutta Gupta Shourya	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Hiroshi Fudouzi	NIMS	Research Center for Functional Materials	Colloidal Crystal Materials Group, Research Center for Functional Materials
7	Panda Tarun Kanti	Chemistry	Hayato Tsurugi	Osaka University	Graduate School of Engineering Science	Atom Economic Hydroboration of C X Unsaturated Bonds as Green Method for Organic Synthesis
8	Ganesan Prabu Sankar	Chemistry	Osamu Tsutsumi	Ritsumeikan University	College of Life Sciences, Department of Applied Chemistry	Organo Gold(I) Molecules to Materials
9	Shanmugam Suriya Prakash	Civil Engineering	Yuma Kawasaki	Ritsumeikan University	College of Science and Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering	Experimental Investigation on Fracture Behavior of High Strength Steel Reinforced Concrete using Acoustic Emission
10	Selvaraj Ambika	Civil Engineering	Naoki Yoshikawa	Ritsumeikan University	College of Science and Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Application and Life Cycle Analysis of Waste-based Biochar for Water Treatment
11	Bhattacharyya Debraj	Civil Engineering	Hiroyuki Futamata	Shizuoka University	Institution of Green Science and Technology	Understanding the Fate and Effects of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds, Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Contaminated Water Bodies and in Treatment Plants
12	Abhinav Kumar	Electrical Engineering	Rie Yamaguchi (Shigetomi)	The University of Tokyo	Social ICT Research Center, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology	Enhancing User Mobility in Cellular networks through Machine Learning

Collaboration Kick Starter Program(CKP) 2nd batch (April 2018 - February 2020)

No.	IITH Faculty Name	Department	Japanese Partner Name	Organization	Affiliation	Joint Research Topic
1	Srijith P. K.	Computer Science and Engineering	Emtiyaz Khan	RIKEN	Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)	Advancing deep learning with Bayesian modelling and faster inference algorithms
2	G Prabu Sankar	Chemistry	Osamu Tsutsumi	Ritsumeikan University,	College of Life Sciences, Department of Applied Chemistry	Gold-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Tuning from Blue to White Emission
3	Debraji Bhattacharyya	Civil Engineering	Satoshi Soda	Ritsumeikan University	College of Life Sciences, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Developing a cost-effective biological decentralized domestic wastewater treatment system using bacteria and microalgae for residential communities
4	Sushmee Badhulika	Electrical Engineering	Shigeyasu Uno	Ritsumeikan University,	College of Science and Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Nanomaterials based low cost, flexible and smart sensors for multifunctional sensing applications in healthcare
5	Abhinav Kumar	Electrical Engineering	Rie Yamaguchi	University of Tokyo	Social ICT Research Center, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology	Privacy preserving framework for location based services

Collaboration Kick Starter Program(CKP) 1st batch (November 2016 - November 2019)

No.	IITH Faculty Name	Department	Japanese Partner Name	Organization	Affiliation	Joint Research Topic
1	Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Nobuhiro Tsuji	Kyoto University	Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Material Science and Engineering	Challenging the Strength-Ductility Paradox in Materials: Cryo-Mechanical Processing of Nano-Lamellar Eutectic High Entropy Alloys
2	Tarun Kanti Panda	Chemistry	Kazushi Mashima	Osaka University	Graduate School of Engineering Science	Development of 100% Atom Economical Catalytic Transformations by Electropositive Metal Catalysts